The following cases were filed in Kitsap County District Court:
• A 49-year-old Silverdale woman was charged with two counts of theft in the first degree. The woman worked at a Bremerton automobile dealership in the finance department and she allegedly wrote 69 bogus “customer referral checks” to customers who had referred future customers to the dealership. Each check was for $200, but were directed to her bank account. The total sum of all the checks was $11,800. The checks were written in a six-week time period and the dealership suspects there could be more of them.
• A 36-year-old Suquamish man was charged with DUI and driving while license suspended or revoked. A sheriff’s deputy saw the man drive 48 mph in 35 mph zone on National Avenue March 18. The man allegedly smelled of alcohol. During the field sobriety test, the man told a Washington State Patrol trooper, “I couldn’t do this sober,” and laughed.
• A 36-year-old Bremerton man was charged with driving while license suspended or revoked and with driving without an ignition interlock device. The man allegedly attempted to purchase food at McDonald’s on Kitsap Way in Bremerton but passed out in the drive-through lane. A Bremerton Police Officer contacted the man, who complained that “I didn’t even get my order.” He did not purchase or order any food, however. The officer saw a “clear, yellowish colored liquid dripping from the bottom of the door onto the ground. I asked (the man) if he had spilled anything or urinated, and he said he did not and claimed the fluid must be ‘brake fluid,’” the officer wrote. A Washington State Patrol trooper arrived and woke the man up. The man had slurred speech, could not hold his head up and could not walk without being supported. “(The man) would start to fall asleep and walk into the wall before bouncing back upright,” the trooper wrote. The trooper obtained a search warrant to draw a sample of the man’s blood.
• A 35-year-old Suquamish woman was charged with theft in the second degree. The woman allegedly concealed a pair of shoes in her purse while at Kohl’s department store in Kitsap Mall March 16. With her was a 36-year-old Bremerton man who concealed three shoes in a shopping bag. A store employee called for help and sheriff’s deputies arrested the man and recovered the shoes, which were worth $370. The man admitted he stole the shoes. A deputy then arrested Williams, who allegedly had more than $1,000 worth of stolen merchandise in her possession.
• A 63-year-old Bremerton man was charged with custodial interference in the first degree. The man allegedly prevented interviewers with Kitsap Special Assault Unit and Child Protective Services from doing their work. Bail was set at $65,000.
• A 48-year-old Bremerton man was charged with a sex-related crime. He allegedly got a woman drunk and raped her. Bail was set at $100,000.
• A 31-year-old Silverdale man was charged with burglary in the second degree and possession of methamphetamine. He allegedly stole a laptop from a doctor’s office and pawned it. Police recovered the laptop. He also allegedly stole an e-cigarette device.
• A 33-year-old Bremerton woman was charged with possession of methamphetamine. The woman allegedly tried to shoplift at the Goodwill store on Wheaton Way March 18. Police found a fake driver’s license and fake $10 bill in her possession. Bail was set at $60,000.
• A 39-year-old Seattle man was charged with assault in the third degree. He allegedly served as a “lookout” to assist the woman listed above during a shoplifting attempt. The man allegedly struck a store employee during the incident.
• A 29-year-old Bremerton man was charged with theft in the third degree after he allegedly concealed a pair of Wrangler blue jeans in his coat while at Walmart and ran out of the store.
• A 58-year-old Bremerton man was charged with DUI, operation of a motor vehicle without ignition interlock device and driving while license suspended or revoked. A Bremerton Police officer observed the man drive a green Subaru 15 mph on Naval Avenue March 21 and pulled him over. The man “mumbled something about Jesus” and asked the officer not to tow the car. The man was unsteady on his feet and asked the officer “if we could work something out.” The man had an outstanding $25,000 warrant for DUI. The man pleaded with a Washington State Patrol trooper not to impound the vehicle and blamed the trooper for his troubles. Bail was set at $50,000.
• A 31-year-old Bremerton man was charged with DUI and driving while license suspended or revoked. The man allegedly drove his Ford F-250 pickup truck 78 mph across the Warren Avenue bridge, which had a 35 mph speed limit. His BAC was .234.
• A 28-year-old Silverdale man was charged with residential burglary. He allegedly broke into a Poulsbo home and stole about $100 in cash and an expensive laptop.
• A 27-year-old Bremerton man was charged with delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of a firearm in the second degree. He allegedly sold heroin. He is also a convicted felon, but had a handgun in his residence. Bail was set at $150,000.
• A 42-year-old Bremerton man was charged with attempting to elude pursuing police vehicle. A Bremerton Police officer attempted to stop a vehicle the man was driving because the man’s brother was the registered owner of the vehicle and had a warrant for his arrest. The man did not comply with the officer’s requests. “As I was walking toward the vehicle both (the man) and (his brother) started to reach around their seats next to them as if they were grabbing weapons. I drew my firearm and told them multiple times to show me their hands. Neither one complied.” The two men sped off in their vehicle on Wheaton Way at 80 mph and the officer decided not to pursue them. They were arrested later. Bail was set at $50,000.
• A 28-year-old Bremerton man was charged with DUI. A Washington State Patrol trooper allegedly observed the man drive his red 2000 Ford Expedition in an erratic manner in Gorst at 2:51 a.m. March 16. The man’s BAC was .173.
